The whole sqlite documentation is full of gold gems and other curious documents mostly to appease bureocrats and big companies. It doubles as a fun read other than being incredibly useful.

See, for example: "Defense about the dark arts" (https://sqlite.org/security.Html) and "Why in C?" saying "Because C is best."

So is the official pronunciation of SQLite spelling out the letters then? I’d expect “a” not “an”…

It’s impressive. To admit fallibility is to be honest. It represents confidence.